8.1% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lismore · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lismore
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 8.1% of people in Lismore (Vic.) were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born and maintains strong ancestral ties to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost 46% of residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 39.4%, Scottish at 13.3%, and Irish at 10.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 80.7% of people born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian average of 30%. The small minority born abroad mostly come from England and New Zealand.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21516/lismore/topic/ancestry-heritage